Perceforest features three violent deaths in a row, building up to a vendetta. The narrative is enhanced by a clever conjointure that manages to renew the adventurous motif while avoiding repetitions and commonplaces. Even though modern readers may be surprised at the presence of merveilles, or marvelous elements, a Burgundian audience, and more particularly the Duke of Burgundy himself, Phillip the Good, would rather have been interested in elements which actual historical events: indeed, the murder of John the Fearless in Montereau had amounted to a deeply traumatic event, often depicted in Burgundian literature. Such a reading throws an entirely new light on the whole sequence, and especially one the third murder, this one being out of sync with History: baby Passelion, born with a bow in hand, appears as a kind of Cupid, who would represent the Duke of Burgundy, a great seducer – as Estonné’son will be – and a conqueror who used his bastard sons as political pawns instead of avenging tools.